LopeCosby used to be xx legit before their Soylent Green period. Not surprised their depressed fans would turn to petty counterfactualism.
//$ On Jan 27, 2017 2:08 PM, "Liam Wyatt" <[email protected]> wrote: > What a coincidence! "longstanding, pervasive, counter-factual, systemic > bias towards supply side trickle-down austerity libertarian objectivist > economics" was the name of the band I saw last week at the local pub. They > weren't very good though - I liked their earlier stuff. > > > > On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 at 19:39, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anyone doubt that the English Wikipedia's longstanding, > > > > pervasive, counter-factual, systemic bias towards supply side > > > > trickle-down austerity libertarian objectivist economics due at least > > > > in part to early influence of editors attracted to Jimmy Wales' former > > > > public positions isn't at least partially responsible for the > > > > situation Romaine describes below? > > > > > > > > Would it be better to move the Foundation out of the U.S., fix the > > > > bias, or both? > > > > > > > > https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer/status/808003564291244033 > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jim Salsman > > > > > > > > ---- forwarded message ---- > > > > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:33:53 +0100 > > > > From: Romaine Wiki <[email protected]> > > > > To: Wikimedia <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns in general > > > > > > > > Today I was reading in the (international) news about websites with > > > > knowledge on the topic of climate change disappear from the internet as > > > > result of the Trump administration. The second thing I read is that > before > > > > something can be published about this topic, the government needs to > > > > approve this. > > > > > > > > Do you realise what the right word for this is? censorship. > > > > Even if it is only partially. > > > > > > > > Luckily there are many scientists working on getting all the data abroad, > > > > out of the US to ensure the research data is saved, including on servers > in > > > > the Netherlands where Trump (hopefully) has no reach. > > > > > > > > In the past week I was reading about the Internet Archive organisation, > who > > > > is making a back up in Canada because of the Trump administration. I did > > > > not understood this, you may call me naive, but now I do understand, > > > > apparently they have some visionary people at the Internet Archive. > > > > > > > > I miss a good answer to this situation from the Wikimedia Foundation. > > > > > > > > Trump is now promoting harassment and disrespect, already for some time, > > > > > > > > What signal is given to the rest of the world if an America based > > > > organisation is spreading the thought of a harassment free Wikipedia and > > > > the free word, while the president of the US is promoting harassment, > > > > disrespect and censorship on a massive scale. > > > > > > > > This is just the first week of this president! > > > > > > > > I am 100% sure everyone in the Wikimedia movement is willing to make sure > > > > Wikimedia faces no damage whatsoever, including in WMF, but to me this > > > > still starts to get concerning. > > > > > > > > If we as Wikimedia movement think that free knowledge, free speech, > freedom > > > > of information, etc are important, I would think that the location where > > > > the organisation is based is that country where liberty is the largest, I > > > > do not know where this is but it is definitely not the US. > > > > > > > > To my impression WMF is stuck in the US, so I do not believe they would > > > > actually move when the danger grows. > > > > > > > > But I think it is possible to make sure risks are spread over the world. > > > > Certainly as we are an international movement that intends to cover the > > > > knowledge of the whole humanoid civilisation. > > > > > > > > To come to a conclusion, I think WMF and the Wikimedia movement should > > > > think about a back-up plan if it actually goes wrong. > > > > > > > > > > > > If you do not agree with me: that is perfectly fine, that's your right > and > > > > should be protected. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > Romaine > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
